Hi, > On Apr 10, 2021, at 3:29 AM, Julius Schwartzenberg > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Op 10-04-2021 om 00:23 schreef Jerome Shidel: >>> It appears that recently some FreeDOS 1.2 distribution files on ibiblio.org >>> were removed. Notably these are missing: >>> >>> http://ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.2/repos/base/help.zip >>> https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.2/repos/pkg-info/help.txt > >> It was not “removed”. >> That package was renamed to htmlhelp. > > Thanks for the info! I had not expected the 1.2 tree to still receive these > kinds of updates. (This rename did not affect the 1.1 tree.)
The “repo” subdirectory is not the packages that "shipped” with that distribution/release. It is a path for software updates for that release. Not that it matters… But, the directories under …/distributions/1.x/repos are actually symlinks to the real repo paths under https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/repositories/ Anyhow, the 1.1 tree doesn’t get any updates. For now, the 1.2, 1.3 and "latest" trees get the same updates. At present, both 1.2 & 1.3 are just more symlinks to “latest”. In the future, this could change if the package format changes or there becomes a fundamental difference between version compatibility. That probably won’t happen between 1.2 and 1.3. However, who is to say for 1.4 or even 2.0. > Are more of these changes expected to take place in the future? Not at present. Basically, this change happened because of the possibility of switching the help system from the HTMLHELP used in 1.2 and the previous 1.3-RCs over to an AMB Reader version. Since the program used in the previous HELP.ZIP was HTMLHELP, it probably should have always been in a package called HTMLHELP.ZIP and not HELP.ZIP. > Is this announced somewhere? As far as I know, it wasn’t officially announced. > Best regards, > Julius Some side notes on the repo & repo software… Did you know you can view a comparison of previous packages and versions to the current versions on the repository? Did you know you can subscribe to an RSS feed that is updated automatically when packages are updated or new ones added? There are links for both of those at the bottom of the main repo index page at https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/repositories/latest/pkg-html/index.html --- The online software repositories are managed automatically by version 2 of the repo management software. It is used on the “Official Repo” and on my unofficial repo ( https://fd.lod.bz/repos ). They just have slightly different templates and there are a few more packages on mine. Eventually, I plan on getting around to writing version 3. Lots of improvements are planned. Things like -- easier for an end-user to setup a custom repo, multi-platform support and a desktop app, ability to compare repos between servers and a whole lot more. :-) Jerome _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
